ABC host George Stephanopoulos provided an ominous preview of Tuesday’s basic election on the outset of “This Week” on Sunday.
A number of pundits have shared their considerations concerning the state of democracy within the weeks main as much as the showdown between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, with some worrying that there will not be a peaceable switch of energy. Stephanopoulos went as far as to say that the stakes have not been this excessive “since the Civil War.”
“Good morning, and welcome to ‘This Week,'” Stephanopoulos mentioned. “It is almost over. What comes next is anyone’s guess. What we do know is this: No election since the Civil War has posed such a test of our constitutional system. Whether to accept election results and the peaceful transfer of power has never been on the ballot like this. The stakes in this election are as high as it gets. The differences between the candidates are as stark as it gets, and as we emerge from the final weekend, the polls suggest that this election is as close as it gets.”
George Stephanopoulos mentioned the stakes within the 2024 election have not been this excessive “since the Civil War.” (ABC/Paula Lobo through Getty Photographs)
Stephanopoulos additionally commented on the “abnormality” of the 2024 election again in April, earlier than President Biden dropped out of the race to make means for Harris, citing Trump’s authorized troubles.
“Until now, no American president had ever faced a criminal trial,” he mentioned. “No American president had ever faced a criminal indictment for retaining and concealing classified documents. No American president had ever faced a federal indictment or a state indictment for trying to overturn an election, or been named an unindicted co-conspirator in two other states for the same crime. No American president has faced hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for business fraud, defamation, and sexual abuse.”
Stephanopoulos added the “scale of the abnormality is so staggering.”
ABC HOST ISSUES WARNING ON ‘MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF OUR TIME’: ‘NO MORE CRYING WOLF’
Former President and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters on the Van Andes Enviornment in Grand Rapids, Mich., on July 20, 2024. (Alex Wroblewski/The Washington Submit through Getty Photographs)
Different political analysts have delivered related warnings about Tuesday’s showdown. ABC Information chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl, for example, mentioned this election “really is” an important election of our time.
“For as long as I’ve covered politics, politicians have said this will be the most important election of our lifetimes,” Karl mentioned in Could. “They said that no matter how high or low the stakes actually were. Election Day 2024 is exactly six months from today, and this time the divisions in our country are so vast and the choice so stark, there’s little doubt this really is the most important election of our time. No more crying wolf. This is it.”
KAMALA APPEARS ON ‘SNL’ IN FINAL EPISODE BEFORE ELECTION
Trump and Harris are neck-and-neck in key battleground states simply days away from the vote because the candidates make their ultimate push. Trump held rallies in Wisconsin, Virginia and North Carolina this weekend, whereas Harris made a shock, last-minute look on “Saturday Night time Stay.”
Her cameo is at present beneath scrutiny after being blasted by FCC commissioner Brendan Carr for alleged rule violations.
Maya Rudolph and Democratic Presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris seem on NBC’s Saturday Night time Stay November 2, 2024, in New York Metropolis. With solely days to go till Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in battleground states together with making the looks on SNL. (Jeenah Moon/Getty Photographs)
Carr mentioned Harris’ look on SNL could have damaged the equal-time rule if NBC didn’t additionally ship an invite to former President Trump.
Trump marketing campaign Senior Advisor Jason Miller informed Fox Information Digital that Trump didn’t obtain an invite. An NBC Information report additionally acknowledged {that a} spokesperson for SNL “did not return a request for comment on whether it invited Trump to appear.”
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Fox Information Digital’s Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
